Around 2,500 American soldiers are still stationed in Iraq as part of a mission to fight the Islamic State group. This could soon come to end. In the coming days, Iraqi and US officials will begin formal talks that could lead to the termination of the US military presence in Iraq, US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin announced on Thursday.
ISIL (ISIS) claimed responsibility for the attack in the southeastern city that killed nearly 100 people and wounded scores. The United States government had privately warned Iran that ISIL (ISIS) was preparing to carry out a terrorist attack ahead of the coordinated suicide bombings that killed nearly 100 people in the southeastern city of Kerman.
After reports of leaked recording, Qatar says attributed remarks show Israeli PM ‘obstructing mediation efforts’ and ‘prioritising’ his career. Qatar has rebuked Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after he allegedly criticised the Gulf country’s role as a mediator in the Gaza war as “problematic” in a leaked recording. At a meeting this week with the families of captives being
CIA, Mossad heads to meet in Europe with Qatar officials to broker second captives-for-prisoners exchange and truce. The director of the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and his Israeli counterpart are to meet with Qatari officials to broker a potential second deal to secure the release of captives being held in Gaza and a pause
By Arwa A Abusrour If I were not a radical Palestinian, I would have liked to be a Palestinian at heart. It was not a favorable idea to be born among the olive fields, and the land usurped, as any Arab dream to wake up to the voice of Allah Akbar, church bells, the smell
AKRAT BREIF Akrat, a luxury jewelry brand that takes its inspiration from the Eastern civilization, calligraphy designs highlighting poetry and love expressions. This brand designed by the jewelry designer, Enas Younis. Enas won the award “the best Arab jewelry designer for the year 2020” where the ceremony was held in London in December 2020. Akrat
By Shahd Mahnavi Is it fair? Tell me now, is it fair? With all the advancements in technology and evolving mentality, laws claiming to uplift humanity, yet my people remain trapped in the year 1948, when the occupation began, stuck in a broken Time Machine, constantly traveling back to oppression and injustice. Tell me, how
I am what I am, my roots, the truth, I proudly stand. Arabic flows from my tongue,I am who I am, my identity unsung. I cannot conceal my mother tongue,I learnt different ones. English, Farsi I speak. In my veins, Palestine runs deep, accept me as I am, let prejudice sleep. My name is Shahd,
KUALA LUMPUR: In solidarity with the Palestinian cause, a local pizza chain, currently known as US Pizza, plans to rebrand as Kita Pizza. The pizza chain in a post on social media said they would change their current name US Pizza to Kita Pizza if they received 10,000 likes and comments on the posting. The
Thirty-nine Palestinian women and children are expected to be released from Israeli jails on Friday during a pause in fighting. After seven weeks of war, the four-day truce between Israel and Hamas began on Friday morning. Under this truce, 39 Palestinian women and children were released on Friday. Here is what’s known about those released and those who might